Bread as an emotion
Passion
The passion of a family
Our story begins a long time ago, in 1947, and it is the story of a dream that continues for 75 years: that of Arturo Benini who, after the war, decided to contribute to the reconstruction of the country by opening an artisan mechanical workshop in Verona, where he made machinery for the food industry.
These were the years of the economic boom: Arturo enlarged his business and supplied the numerous workshops where bread, which was at that time was at the heart of most Italians' diet, was baked. So in 1965, he decided to produce the first ovens with Perkins technology and then acquired the patent for the steam tube oven: the rings were manually bent by five workers, then filled with water and welded.
find out how the workshop became an international company
This was the turning point: the workshop became a company, which his sons Giancarlo, Roberto and Rinaldo joined. A plot of land was purchased in the new Verona Z.A.I. and the current headquarters were built between 1981 and 1983. Thanks to the first orders from abroad, Mondial Forni began to export: to France, Spain, Algeria, Poland and soon all over the world.
The company took on an international dimension, the range grew in quantity and innovation, and the brand became synonymous with Italian excellence in the sector. Success is also the result of the management and commercial drive of the third generation of the Benini family: Stefano, Andrea, Alessandro and Francesca.
Today, Mondial Forni continues to expand its range of professional ovens, in tune with the market's renewed interest in quality artisanal bakery and pastry. Arturo's dream evolved and was shared by a new, larger family, made up of owners, management, workers, partners and customers, who together uphold the values and enthusiasm that have made the history of our brand.
The passion of a family
Joy
The joy of our customers
The first thing we think about when we design an oven is not the oven itself. Nor the bread that will be baked inside. It is the smile of the baker who will use it. That special smile that our customers always give us, that sparkle in their eyes that bakers bring us when we visit them.
We have shared the adventure of becoming entrepreneurs with many of them. After the war, installing an oven was a real event: we were invited by the baker to eat with his family, and we often stopped to sleep in what would become the workshop. It was thanks to that oven that the baker was able to gain the financial security to send his children to school.
find out how we support them in their profession
Later, when the trade evolved into a profession, often a successful one, we stood by his side, listening, advising, customising the product according to his needs, assisting him.
Today, we are accompanying the younger generations in the discovery of the different technologies and their special characteristics, contributing to the spread of a revitalised cooking culture.
We supply avant-garde bakers and confectioners, larger workshops and even large retailers, remaining faithful to an idea of baking that does not accept any compromises when it comes to quality.
The joy of our customers
Baking the bread of tomorrow requires all the warmth of experience.
Pride
The pride of a vocation
Only those who have written the history of baking in Italy and Europe have the tools and knowledge to act as expert advisors giving comprehensive advice to bakers and confectioners, finding the ideal solutions to meet their needs.
Because the skills we acquired were passed on to us by sharing whole days in the workshop with him, and then returning to the company to turn that information into innovations.
find out why baking must remain an art for us
The central element in bread production is also the hardest to find: time. Time to observe, to experiment, to modify, to obtain the desired result. Time to choose the right oven for each need, without which you will not get the bread you want.
Our ovens are not for everyone. They appeal to those who are fascinated by dough, long leavening times and experimentation. Our brand is a sign of distinction, the symbol of a precise way of making bread, in which technology is at the service of the baker's artistic component and personality, which must remain the primary focus.
The pride of a vocation
Excellence, cooked and baked just the way you like it
Whether you are a young artisan baker or the owner of the most important bakery in your town, an expert in quality buns or the manager of the bakery section of a large retailer, ask us how to bake a product that always lives up to your expectations.
